Mode-locked, long-cavity, erbium fiber lasers with subsequent soliton-like compression

Journal Article · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/68.43340· OSTI ID:5653682

Schlager, J B; Franzen, D L; Juneau, R I ^[1]; Yamabayashi, Y ^[2]

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1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO (US)
2. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Transmission Systems Labs., Yokosuka (JP)

Erbium fiber lasers with cavity lengths of 20-5000 m are mode-locked at the fundamental cavity frequency using an integrated-optic intensity modulator driven by a novel pulse generator. Resulting optical pulses at 1536 nm are recorded with a synchroscan streak camera and have durations of 18-80 ps with peak powers over 6 W. The shorter cavities yield nearly transform-limited pulses which are narrowed by soliton-like compression to approximately 5 ps after propagation through an external 14 km fiber.

• OSTI ID: 5653682
• Journal Information: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters; (USA), Journal Name: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters; (USA) Vol. 1:9; ISSN IPTLE; ISSN 1041-1135
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
CAMERAS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EQUIPMENT
ERBIUM
FIBERS
FUNCTION GENERATORS
LASER CAVITIES
LASERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
MODE LOCKING
OPTICAL FIBERS
PULSE GENERATORS
QUASI PARTICLES
RADIATION DETECTORS
RARE EARTHS
SOLITONS
STIMULATED EMISSION
STREAK CAMERAS